"Mother, is the father's health okay?"

King Xiang filled the tea for the Imperial Concubine Jingjia. As the mist was scattered, King Xiang's face became faintly visible. Even his biological mother, Concubine Jingjia, could not see his son clearly.

Concubine Jingjia reached out and fanned the mist, saying to King Xiang: "Today, the emperor fainted in Qingzhi Palace, alarmed half of the imperial city, and all the imperial doctors rushed to treat it. I heard that he had recovered his mind at this moment and was taken care of by Concubine Du."

"Mother, for the next few days, let your father stay in Qingzhi Palace. You have been working hard for a long time, so you can rest now."

"It will be worthwhile to have you as a son. As for where your father wants to go, I can't control you. But you have to manage the government and pay attention to the war, and you have to take care of yourself."

"The son follows the teachings of his mother."

"You have entered the palace, so you should go to Qingzhi Palace to pay your respects as soon as possible. It's still early. You can go earlier. Don't ask your father to wait for a long time."

"I'm afraid the one who is waiting for my father is not a son? But what the mother said was that it was time to meet my father."

"Emperor, I don't understand the basic affairs of the country. If the emperor is not satisfied with these snacks, then I will do something else and ask the emperor to wait."

As soon as Concubine Du turned around, she felt that her wrist was being held. Emperor Liang had already used all his strength, so he remembered that his face was flushed. Concubine Du could only support Emperor Liang and gave him a cup of tea.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

"Fu'er, you must not delay the matter of becoming a crown prince! I am already powerless, for me and for the sake of the Daliang. Fu'er, I need your help!"

"Emperor only speaks, I will do my best to complete it."

"This matter requires three people. I will tell you their names. You must help me get them into the palace!"

Emperor Liang hid in Du Guifei's ear and reported three names. Concubine Du's expression had changed from doubt to shock. She wanted to ask, but the voice of an eunuch came from outside the palace.

"His Highness Xiang is here!"

The door of the bedroom was pushed open, and King Xiang walked into the hall and bowed: "Son and I will meet the father and I will meet the concubine Du!"

Emperor Liang waved his hand to signal Concubine Du to retreat, lying flat on the bed, and said, "Get up, you have done the government affairs for these days, which is also a kind of tempering. Is there any war report coming from the southeast?"

"Reporting to my father, is my son just assisting in the government affairs, or taking over the government affairs again after my father is healthy. As for the Southeast War Report, it was reported to the capital a few days ago. My son has not submitted it to my father but is still concerned about his father's body."

"How? Was it defeated again?"

Emperor Liang had turned around and began to stare at King Xiang. He did not believe that King Yu would be defeated again and again.

"Yes, judging from the war report, our army took the initiative to attack the Tang army camp. The original battle situation was still beneficial to our army, but it encountered the Xiliang cavalry who came to help, so our army was attacked from both sides and failed to break through."

"Then...what's the fourth brother?"

Emperor Liang's concern was beyond words, and every change in his expression was seen by King Xiang. King Xiang continued calmly: "Our army suffered heavy casualties. There is no news about the fourth brother at present. My son-in-law has asked the front army to try his best to find it."

Emperor Liang's arm could no longer support his body. His hand slid and he fell on the bed. For more than 50 years, Emperor Liang had never missed King Yu as much as he is now. He needed King Yu to be by his side very much, but now there was news that King Yu's life and death was unknown. How could he not let Emperor Liang be desperate and sad?

Seeing Emperor Liang's appearance, King Xiang did not come forward to comfort him, and still stood in the hall and said to Emperor Liang: "Father, don't worry, the fourth brother is lucky, he will be in heaven, he will not be able to do anything."

"Transfer my will and immediately send a special person to find the whereabouts of King Yu. I want him to come back alive!"

Emperor Liang's decision was exactly what King Xiang thought, and he agreed: "Don't worry, my father, I will do it now! Please rest assured!"

Emperor Liang wanted to say something, but King Xiang no longer planned to listen. He walked out of the bedroom and headed towards the front dynasty without looking back.

Yanfu

Since Yan Di died on the celebration day, Mrs. Wang fell ill, and her condition was sometimes better and sometimes worse. Yan Keran has a great responsibility and cannot be with her mother every day. She can only accompany her more after returning home. Today, Mrs. Wang's condition has improved. Not only does she have a good appetite, but she can also take a short walk with her son. After sending her mother back to her room to rest, Yan Keran can start to deal with the matters of the mansion.

The position of Jingzhao Yin has been assigned by King Xiang to manage it on his behalf. Yan Keran has to deal with affairs in the mansion. Although it is not as good as the affairs of the court, many things that are very detailed are still quite difficult for Yan Keran.

"Young Master, Mr. Xiao has come to see you several times these days."

After everything was almost done, the old man was about to leave and remembered that Xiao Moyan had visited many times, so he told Yan Keran about this matter.

"Moyan? Did he say what's wrong with me?"

"That's not."

"Okay, I understand, you go down first."

When the old man left, Yan Keran finally took out the small porcelain bottle that had been hidden in his sleeve. The porcelain bottle itself was not important at all, what was important was the things inside. After meeting Du Shaoyin during the day, he asked himself to help investigate the origin of the spice, and specially stole part of it from the imperial kitchen, and repeatedly told him not to take it.

Yan Keran pulled out the bottle plug and could smell the faint fragrance. Although she never cooked, she felt that this was just some special spices paid by other countries. Why did Du Shaoyin care so much about it? But who can I ask for help now? Almost no one is dating a chef on weekdays, and at this moment, I really couldn't think of a way to find out the origin of the spices without revealing her identity.

While hesitating, Yan Keran remembered what the old man said. "Moyan! Since he has something to come to me, then let him help me! He will come into contact with people from all walks of life and all kinds of things, and there must be a way to find someone who can identify this kind of spice!"

That's it! Yan Keran asked his elders to go to Xiao Mansion to deliver a message the next morning and asked Xiao Moyan to meet at Leng Yuezhai.

"Ke Ran? A few days ago, Mo Yan said that you were missing. But you never thought you came to the door on your own initiative!"

Qi Wantong was a little surprised that Yan Keran took the initiative to come to Leng Yuezhai. After all, among his classmates, he was the least of the people who came to Leng Yuezhai. While taking him to the private room on the top floor, he ordered someone to invite Xiao Moyan.

"No need, I've asked my old man to send a message to Mo with words before I came. I believe he will arrive soon."

As soon as Yan Ke Ran sat down, before Qi Wantong had time to pour tea for him, an anxious sound of running came from the stairs. The sound became louder and louder until the door of the private room stopped.

"Ke Ran! Where have you died these days? I haven't received any news from you. I thought you were also dead!"

As soon as these words were said, Yan Keran's face became a little ugly. Qi Wantong couldn't help but hold her forehead and blamed Xiao Moyan: "You are also a person who is in the officialdom. The gap between people is so big. Look at what you are saying!"

Xiao Moyan knew that he had made a mistake, but he didn't plan to apologize. After all, he had been arguing with Yan Keran for so many years since the academy. He kept this habit, but what he didn't know was that Yan Keran was no longer the Yan Keran he used to be.

"Ke Ran, you must have something to do with me today, right?"

"If I'm fine, I'll look for you, wouldn't I be scolded by you again?"

"That's right!"

Qi Wantong slapped the teacup hard in front of Xiao Moyan, and the tea soup splashed on Xiao Moyan's sleeve.

"Moyan, Wantong, I think you must have known what happened in the capital. I have been busy dealing with the affairs of the palace these days, and I cannot tell you some of the matters involved. Today I came to you because I asked you for something, to be precise, Shaoyin asked me."

"Shaoyin? Didn't he learn cooking skills with Pangkui in the academy? This guy is really. He worked hard to get into the exam and finally said so for the sake of cooking skills! Didn't the Master train him well?"

"The Master never thought that being an official was the only way out. What's wrong with the chef? The chef is also a craft. How could you know that Shaoyin cannot rely on his craft to settle down and govern the country and pacify the world!"

Qi Wantong was quite disgusted with Xiao Moyan's remarks. From the bottom of her heart, she supported Du Shaoyin to pursue her interests. She might not be unable to serve the country when she is in the wild.

"Shaoyin's choice was made by himself. He did not regret it, and we couldn't say anything. But this is not the focus today, the focus is on this!"

Yan Keran placed the porcelain bottle on the coffee table. He pulled out the bottle plug and poured out some spices so that the two of them could see more clearly.

"What's this?"

"This is the spice brought by Shaoyin from the imperial kitchen. It is said to be produced in foreign lands. This spice is quite popular with the emperor and must be added to the daily dishes."

"Shaoyin is in the imperial kitchen?"

Facing Xiao Moyan's spirit of breaking the casserole to the end, Yan Keran had to explain how Du Shaoyin and Pangkui were entered into the palace to make pastries by Emperor Liang. By chance, he encountered them.

"So that's it, then... Shaoyin wants to check something?"

"I don't know very well, but Shaoyin himself is not very clear."

"I don't know very well? What's the matter?"

"Moyan, listen to me first!" Yan Keran pointed to the spice and said, "The imperial kitchen requires Shaoyin and Pangkui to add this spice to the daily pastries, which is said to be the emperor's special favorite. However, there is almost no way to add exotic spices to our Daliang, so Shaoyin became suspicious."

"Can you suspect someone is going to poison the emperor with this spice?"
Chapter completed!